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[ Heart of Stone AU ] Doodles #4
Added 2025-03-07 21:08:52 +0000 UTCI've doodled some of these over the past months and a couple more between yesterday and today! I thought I'd collect what I have so far ๐ this is mostly Neuvillette / Zhongli / Baizhu
I'm going to draw some more because for the upcoming arc I would like new outfits for all of them! I quite like the Baizhu outfit I doodled here but shirt and jacket are a bit too oversize for how I imagine his style so I'll try sizing them down and exploring moreโผ
And mayyybe different hairstyle for Zhongli? I think I still love him the most with is OG hairstyle but I'd like to see how he looks with a shorter cut like Welt or Zayne? 
He's also not bad with slicked back hair, but that's super formal (fit for a dinner out with Zhuzhu) and I'm looking for something with a casual vibe too!
These doodles are based on something I'm planning to make happen at some point of the story (nothing related to beards, that was just for fun lmao) but since I've been changing events here and there I thought I'd just let those ideas out for now!! All these were a lot of fun! ๐๐๐
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There's on thing I forgot to say about the latest comic update and it's that Kaveh's gym outfit is inspired by Love Live!!'s Honoka's! I planned to make him wear her S2 training outfit (orange) but the colors didn't look good on him so I went for other options haha 
Lots of attempts were made before the final version!
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Thank you for indulgin in the evolution of HoS with me! Sharing WIPs and doodles with you always is a lot of fun and my favorite part of bringing this story to life!! ๐
Comments
I flipped through and the first thing that really caught my attention in Baizhu in crocs! *As a nurse.... this is medically accurate* ๐
Hannah Y
2025-05-29 22:32:48 +0000 UTCBEARDED ZHONGLI IS A REVELATION
Lindsey
2025-03-20 23:56:05 +0000 UTCI must say I don't consider myself nearly as good as I'd like to be at varying face features to make characters distinguishable, but I take pride in trying ๐๐ I don't have a specific process because so far I'm mostly just "trying faces" on them! Since the beginning of HoS, you can already see how much Zhongli has changed, for example haha For my most beloved ones I do some extra thinking though, for instance: for Zhongli he's squared because he's Lord of Geo so keywords were "rock-solid", "firm", "stable" whereas Neuvi is wise and introvert, I wanted him to have an "unreachable" aura hence the elegance and the triangular face shape (cause pointy = stay away)!
KiraShion
2025-03-17 14:18:42 +0000 UTCNot baizhu wearing crocks ๐ญ
Rachel Morningstar
2025-03-11 03:21:57 +0000 UTCBeardgate was truly a happening. The alternative outfits look fantastic, I love the black and blue combo on Neuvi. Modern AU Biazhu is a sight for sore eyes <3
Basilisa
2025-03-10 09:38:21 +0000 UTCNow more serious comment. I love the faces and the their comparison with the basic shape. I was staring at it for a while and just this little detail gives so much character and makes the characters very distinguishable. It is so simple, yet something i totally ignored for a long time. Well, it even more speaks of your skill, but we already see it from accurate facial expressions. I would like to see your thinking process when you are "recreating" or creating characters in your style.
Konstantine
2025-03-08 13:29:50 +0000 UTCI think people will agree the cursed barber section is total peak
Konstantine
2025-03-08 13:22:36 +0000 UTCI canโt unsee the cursed barber section
Kalani
2025-03-08 07:46:56 +0000 UTCBaizhu is so beautiful, ahhh! Also the crocs are so real, some of the best shoes for working in a hospital.
Solas
2025-03-08 07:15:21 +0000 UTCOk but why is no one talking about Baizhu in crocs XDD It's honestly giving me life
Akashi
2025-03-08 03:57:01 +0000 UTCYou always have so many fun little details, lookimg for them is always a joy!!! Although now I'm going to sit here wondering if Wriothesley gave Neuvillette a pocket watch to count the hours until he finds his way back to him. And Neuvillette keeps it beside his heart...oh no, now I'm sad. So I'm going to laugh over Baizhu's crocs instead ๐ญ Qiqi would have loved a pair of those, I'm sure. And Gui. Changsheng would have been disgusted in them all. (But I'm sure she'd love Baizhu's snake motif belt...)
Clarice
2025-03-08 02:50:13 +0000 UTCAAAAH I'm so happy you wanted to give the comic a chance and that you enjoyed it!!! ๐๐
KiraShion
2025-03-08 02:22:15 +0000 UTCThat last image collected more than one criminal record ๐
KiraShion
2025-03-08 02:21:41 +0000 UTCI don't lie when I say I look for your username in the comments section because you always grasp something deeper in the artwork and it's super interesting to read ๐ Neuvi is indeed feeling nostalgic and longing for something -or someone- maybe it has to do with the golden chain he always brings along... For both of them, I really love the duality of formality/elegance (in the outfits) and power!
KiraShion
2025-03-08 02:21:02 +0000 UTCI don't like labeling my style but we could say we've already stepped into bara with Wrio and Gallagher hahaha
KiraShion
2025-03-08 02:16:26 +0000 UTCI started reading it today after the update and its SO GOOD KIRA. I am politely foaming at the mouth
Quinn
2025-03-07 23:27:12 +0000 UTCNeuvillette is so pretty ๐ฅฐ
CountCrouton
2025-03-07 22:58:15 +0000 UTCBaizhu is currently giving me the biggest surge of gender envy I have ever experienced in my LIFE aaa ;w;
MeloNeko
2025-03-07 22:27:09 +0000 UTCThe Pringle man mustache on Neuvi is criminal ๐
Len Elchlein
2025-03-07 22:25:36 +0000 UTCI reeeally love that nostalgic Neuvi too ๐๐ฉต I really went unhinged with the barber section haha I regret nothing!! Happy you appreciate this doodle collection overall haha ๐
KiraShion
2025-03-07 22:20:41 +0000 UTCMe just staring at gentleman!Neuvi like he's so beautiful! Even when he's just standing in the rain like a drowned rat!!! (...contemplating his own lost love, perhaps????) Its such a lovely contrast to see all that power coiled beneath the suit and cane while those pictures of Zhongli dressed similarly but going absolutely feral while doing so... โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
Clarice
2025-03-07 22:08:39 +0000 UTCI can't wait, I love your comics so much. And poor Geo dragon, so new to this world. Lol. I'm so excited to see what happens next.๐ฅฐ
Kaye L. Snow
2025-03-07 22:08:25 +0000 UTCNo, no, this is an appropriate and relevant question! Some info are going to be given in the next episode, and more is going to be releaved later onโผ
KiraShion
2025-03-07 22:06:45 +0000 UTCIt feels like we're getting more and more into bara territory lmao
Cyankali
2025-03-07 22:04:48 +0000 UTCListen at the end of the day... Zhongli is Zhongli, I would smash regardless of the beard ๐ slicked back hair ZHongli is a fine gentleman and pp raiser
KiraShion
2025-03-07 22:00:40 +0000 UTCGods, I know its so unrelated, but seeing Neuvi look so damn fine in this au makes me wonder what happened to Wriothesley even tho thats definitely not the point of this beautiful story.....BUT IM DYING TO KNOW ๐
Kaye L. Snow
2025-03-07 22:00:01 +0000 UTCI dare saying he looked great in his Dracula era hahaha
KiraShion
2025-03-07 21:58:41 +0000 UTCkira the beards are SENDING me omgg neuvillette with a goatee and handlebar is too much lmaaooo
regregreg
2025-03-07 21:45:39 +0000 UTCIT MIGHT BE 30ยฐ BUT MONSIEUR NEUVILLETTE IS HOT HOT HOOOOTTTT ๐ (also bottom left zhongli NOT CURSED WHEWWWW DADDYYYYYY)
Ao~
2025-03-07 21:33:29 +0000 UTCNEUVILLETTE!!! NEUVI!!! Lord that last one actually looks good tho, but THE CURSED BARBER SLIDE!!! Love, your doodles are amazing
Archer
2025-03-07 21:21:23 +0000 UTCTrue but the sentiment still stands xD
Kiemari
2025-03-07 21:20:23 +0000 UTCI mean this is technically not for free dfghjk
KiraShion
2025-03-07 21:19:25 +0000 UTCZhongli's tail looks like it's doing the angy thu-thumps!!
โจJeiโจ
2025-03-07 21:17:41 +0000 UTCI had high hopes that you'd catch the reference hahaha I knew I could count on you!! ๐
KiraShion
2025-03-07 21:17:06 +0000 UTCI love that Dracula Neuvi and surprisingly enough I find pornstache Zhongli very charming hahaha
KiraShion
2025-03-07 21:16:06 +0000 UTCReal, Zhongli looks good with a full beard and I oddly enough find the look on Neuvillette very entertaining
Apple
2025-03-07 21:13:54 +0000 UTCI knew he looked love live-ishhhh hahahaha gods I love HoS
Mir Ventura
2025-03-07 21:13:15 +0000 UTCIt is super silly but the longer you stare the highly likely you are to start taking it seriously.... ๐
KiraShion
2025-03-07 21:13:13 +0000 UTCLove the cursed barber section
Shannon Smith
2025-03-07 21:13:12 +0000 UTCThe cursed barber section is perfect, itโs so silly
Apple
2025-03-07 21:10:55 +0000 UTCFor free?? dang Neuvilette in the first slide hot damn ๐ฅต
Kiemari
2025-03-07 21:10:27 +0000 UTC
